TRANSFER GOSSIPS AND PAPER REVIEW

• SOCCERSNIPERS BRINGS YOU TODAY'S TRANSFER GOSSIPS AND PAPER REVIEW. 
• Liverpool could make a move for Barcelona's 26-year-old World Cup-winning striker Pedro.
• Newcastle must offer Lyon striker Bafetimbi Gomis, 28, £100,000 per week if they want to sign him this summer.
• Manchester City defender Joleon Lescott is ready to take a whopping 50 per cent pay cut to stay in the Premier League. He is a target for Turkey's Besiktas but Aston Villa, West Ham and Hull are all interested.
• Stoke plan on swooping for Peter Skapetis and Dionatan Teixeira.

• Liverpool's hopes of signing England midfielder Adam Lallana before the World Cup have stalled due to Southampton's £25m valuation.
• Manchester City striker Edin Dzeko, 28, is a £20m target for Spanish side Valencia as he enters the final year of his contract at the Etihad.

• Manchester City could make a move for Roma's Moroccan international defender Mehdi Benatia, 27.
• Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger hopes to make a £6 million swoop for Cardiff keeper David Marshall.
• Cardiff striker Craig Bellamy is set to join Swiss club Servette FC as a coach.
• Manchester City will hold talks with unsettled midfielder Yaya Toure, 31, after the World Cup.
• Moussa Sissoko wants to quit Newcastle after less than 18 months at the club.

• Liverpool defender Daniel Agger, 29, believes manager Brendan Rodgers does not think he is good enough to play in the Reds' first team.
• Manchester United have agreed a deal to sign Bayern Munich midfielder Toni Kroos and are set to make a stunning move for his team-mate Arjen Robben.
• Bafetimbi Gomis is back on the agenda for Newcastle United after his contract at Lyon ended.
• Swansea want Crystal Palace midfielder Jonathan Williams and have also enquired about Feyenoord's £7m-rated midfielder Jordy Clasie.
• West Ham are keen on Norwich's Martin Olsson and are in talks with former Birmingham forward Mauro Zarate.

• Tottenham midfielder Sandro, 25, wants to move to Italy this summer, according to his agent.
• Swansea boss Garry Monk has warned Arsenal and Liverpool that Spanish striker Michu, 28, is not for sale.
• Meanwhile, The Swans are weighing up a deal to bring in Arsenal goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski.

• Arsenal are plotting a move for Toulouse right-back Serge Aurier, 22, as a potential replacement for wantaway Bacary Sagna.